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Reviews of Selina Santa Teresa South - Hostel

3 out of 5
Selina Santa Teresa South - Hostel
20 meters north of Ronny's #1, Santa Teresa, Cóbano, Puntarenas

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 41 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

stephen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bloody sheets upon check in could not be changed until the next day. Laundry service took 3x as long as promised. Stay away
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Stiven

Travelled with family
Good place
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Selina on 15 Nov 2023
Dear Stiven,Thank you for your continuous feedback.We are glad you enjoy are services, and we strive to perfect then, so we welcome your feedback.Warm regards,Selina Experience Management Team

8/10 Good

Kim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Selina South
Pros: great location, friendly staff. Cute decorative touches, lots of places to lounge, nice little pool, great workout area (no weights). Tasty food truck! Cons: The curtains don't keep out any light, and there is construction everywhere starting super early. My room was on the second floor and above me sounded like about a thousand pigeons. Inability to sleep was my biggest bummer.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Selina on 24 Oct 2023
Thank you for this feedback, it really help us. We are currently working on these issues. Pura Vida!! We hope you visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay!
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Rooms were clean and comfortable, there were lots of amenities and convenience was great. Location was great and we really love the coworker area. So nice to have filtered water and a beautiful apartment option with a kitchen
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Maayan

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay on the southern part of Santa teresa walking distance from everything however you need to manage your expectations. We had private room with shower and toilet. In the room and outside everything was clean quite and well decorated. Free parking is available. Lovely pool, and good food at the food track. You can take Yoga classed, surfing use co work space etc for extra payment. And the Selina north facility is also available for the guests. However in our room we had 2 huge transparent windows you can’t cover in the shower facing the neighbours we felt no privacy in additional we asked to change towels once a day and we have been told every day that towels are not available. For Expedia VIP members, it was complicated with the hotel, we had to explain 3 times we booked through Expedia and we have some benefits on our reservation, it is written we have free drinks (we were not able to get them at first) some front members wasn’t aware what is Expedia others tried to help and took care of it in the end. Regarding room upgrade it was not offered at all, we were not expected once we were told they don’t know what is Expedia VIP . I will recommend staying Selina but bring extra towels.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ya había estado en otros Selinas, y este Selina Sur me decepcionó El desayuno que lo pagué al momento de la reserva se debía tomar en Selina Norte lo que implicaba una caminata de 20’ o taxi Si me hubiesen avisado antes de sacar, hubiese elegido no tomarlo He estado en otro hotel en Santa Teresa que por la misma plata (o menos) en habitaciones privada tenía muchos más servicios Agua mineral, toallas sin cargo extra para la piscina, desayuno en el hotel, etc A chequear extra costos antes de contratarlos nuevamente!!!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Selina Santa Teresa South on 24 Mar 2021
Hola, Muchas gracias por brindarnos sus comentarios acerca de su estadía en el hotel, lamentamos lo sucedido con las eventualidades y estaremos trabajando en ellas. Saludos

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great community & environment with attentive staff
I had an excellent stay here! I came for a few days but I loved my stay so much I ended up extending for two weeks. The staff is incredibly helpful, Hariel and Diego took care of every question and need I had. They help create a good environment of digital nomads with an incredible coworking space and a relaxed and inclusive community. This is especially great when traveling as a solo female traveler. The staff went above and beyond to ensure I had a good stay. Location is excellent, off of the main road with access to a supermarket, many restaurants, and the beach within footsteps. Best sunsets in Costa Rica!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I keep coming back to this hotel.
Another great stay at Selina Santa Teresa South! After coming for two weeks I booked a second stay to return for another two weeks here. Between the great coworking community and attentive staff, it's a perfect option for digital nomads or just visitors looking for a week or weekend break to surf and chill. Hariel, Diego and Minerva were really helpful with extending my booking and are always doing extra actions to accomodate guests (for example, when I wanted to buy fresh tuna from the fisherman in Malpais, Hariel arranged everything and purchased it on my behalf). Catalina also helped me with the proper paperwork I needed from the coworking space to arrange business expenses. Thank you to the Selina staff for another great stay!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay, got amazing check in and service from Hariel at the front desk. Really the most helpful, especially after having a bad experience at a previous hotel. Our room was so clean and comfortable, we had everything we needed here. The property could offer more free coffee and water and more experiences.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Crazy how expensive it is for what you get
I paid 180$ for a private room and felt like an insane price for what I got. It didn’t feel that private since window faced people. The tiny shower had a dirty shower curtain. There was no hairdryer (asked for one, but no luck). Bed was very hard, as were pillows. Sheets dirty. Woke up with sunrise since curtains didn’t block light and needed to keep bathroom door open to feel a/c so got bright light from that side too. Also super loud/ no sound proofing so can hear everyone. And no real customer service. I get that it’s a hostel not a hotel, but for 180$ would expect a bit (or a lot) more
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities
Paid $200 USD for a private hostel room, shared bathroom. Half the front desk staff was great, one girl had incredible attitude, really bad. I wouldn't stay at south selina ever again, but I do like Selina hotels in general.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gabrielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Emma, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful, clean rooms, professional and friendly
Beautiful, clean rooms, professional and friendly service. This Selina is head and shoulders above any other options on the Santa Teresa strip in terms of comfort, cleanliness and quality of service. But you do pay the price for it. Worth it, in my opinion. We chose a private double room for about $60 per night between two, so not all that much more than dorm options. There was a lot of noise from birds on top of the roof at dawn (hence 4 stars) but they were in the process of fixing this at the time we stayed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great value! Friendly staff and close to the beach and local restaurants. The room is also a good size. It would benefit from having a small communal kitchen area.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Vale on 26 Feb 2019
Hi there and thanks so much for your review & feedback. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and yes, this is something we have planned for the future. Thanks again and hope to see you back soon. Pura Vida!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
we got to the hotel and they had no more rooms for us even tough we had a reservation , they sent us to the other sekina north and it felt like a frat house , and was too smelly to stay there
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Vale on 26 Feb 2019
Hi there and apologies for the inconvenience caused during your stay. We will make sure to look into this matter in order to avoid similar instances moving forward. Apologies and thanks again for bringing it to our attention.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and comfortable! If you stay at South instead of North you have about a mile walk to the breakfast and most of the amenities!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Vale on 30 Jan 2019
Hi there and thanks so much for your review! We are so glad you had a great time while staying with us in Selina Sant aTeresa and we hope to see you back again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
it was wonderful. Quiet, clean and very close to the beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Vale on 30 Jan 2019
Hi there and thanks so much for your review. We are very happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you in Selina Santa Teresa again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The design of the place is amazing, the stuff was super nice and helpful and the place is close to the beach and a lot of good restaurants
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Vale on 1 Jan 2019
Hi there! Thanks so much for your review and happy to know you enjoyed your time while staying with us in Selina Santa Teresa. Hope to see you again soon. Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location to Carmen beach and coworking space is available. Note the restaurant and most of the activities are at the other Selina north location.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Val on 26 Dec 2018
Hi there! Thanks for your feedback and happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hostel and good value for money.
This hostel is as good as the pictures look. It has lovely decor, the rooms are comfy (ours had air con which is great) and the staff were helpful. The vibe here is much more chilled compared to Selina North so we would recommend there if you’re after a party, but if you want to chill out then this place is great. It’s a bit of a walk out of Santa Teresa (probably 10 mins) but you can get to Playa Carmen beach in a matter of minutes. There’s some great places nearby to eat and drink too which is a huge plus. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Val on 14 Dec 2018
Hi Sarah! Thanks so much for your review. Glad to know you enjoyed our space and had a good time while staying with us. Hope to see you again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
With my girlfriend in Santa-Teresa
The free coffe was always ready when I needed one. The WiFi was perfect, even in the pool. The hotel is near a cool Surf Shop, a really good Soda and a grocery store. The staff was frendly and the place looked new. The A/C in the room was really strong. The desing of the hotel is really up to date!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Val on 12 Dec 2018
Hi there! Thanks so much for your review and happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you back again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place in Santa-Teresa
Really nice, the hotel look new. The wifi is perfect for our needs. The staff is frendly. We realy loved the style of the place. I work a bit remotely, so this is the best place for telework. The waves in that area are not the best to learn surfing but the place is quiet for good long night. The coffee is really good too ; )
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Val on 5 Dec 2018
Hi there! Thanks so much for your review and happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us. Also glad to know you took advantage of our cowork space as well. Hope to see you around again soon. Pura Vida!

4/10 Poor

Lucas

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Péssima e cara experiência
Péssimas condições do quarto, com ninho de pomba e sem arrumação! Hotel barulhento com obras 7 da manhã, se ouve tudo dos quartos vizinhos e não tem muita regra para barulho dos demais hóspedes! Café da manhã muito ruim, tivemos que tomar fora do hotel já que não dava para comer!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Selina is a great place to stay in touch, sorrounded by nature and having all you need to move arround. Special thanks to our host the first day. Really helpful information(the bakery, banana beach)
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

KUANJU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place and service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sofia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rent & nära till allt!
Väldigt mysigt och rent! Man hade egna rum och delade badrum och dusch med andra. Fanns mycket aktiviteter att boka via Selina, och de har även yoga, pilates etc. som man kan boka på plats. Tyckte detta var en väldigt härlig start på dagen. Läget är helt perfekt, nära till stranden och alla fantastiska restauranger/caféer i Santa Teresa. Skulle definitivt bo här igen om jag åker tillbaka till Costa Rica!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Helene

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Inte värt pengarna. Rekomenderar inte detta hotellet pga, - Dålig service, fick bland annat hämta toalettpapper och rena handdukar själv varje dag - Smutsiga rum, städade rummen väldigt dåligt - Dålig aircon, rummen var inte svala - smutsig pool som inte underhålls
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best stay in Santa Teresa
Amazing hotel, perfect to work from, calm and the best yoga lessons ever!! So perfect. We extended our stay with 6 more days after being there already 5 - such a good and safe place! Everyone is friendly!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Remo

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overpriced for what you get
The room is OK but not more. It‘s clean and the bed is comfortable. But the stuff could be friendlier as well as more helpful with all the amenities and what is around the hotel etc. All in all the price is way to hight to have a regular room and nothing more, no sea view etc...the pool is exposed to the coworking office and there is a really bad smell from the neighbours so basically you can‘t enjoy the pool.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Val on 9 Feb 2019
Hi Remo and thanks so much for your review and feedback. We will make sure to let our team know about your concerns and work on improvements. Hope you still had a good time while in town and thanks again for your comments. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Val on 23 Jan 2019
So happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us in Selina Santa Teresa. Hope to see you again soon. Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Kristian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business orienteret surf and relxation
Rigtig lækkert sted der fremstår super rent og ordentligt. Der var til tider høj musik fra receptionen til omkring kl. 22 om aften, hvilket kunne være lidt generende. Venligt personale og gode muligheder for ture og andre aktiviteter.
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Val on 23 Jan 2019
Hi Kristian and thanks so much for your review! We're happy to know you had a great stay with us and hope to have you with us soon. Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Camilla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rolig og fint
Stille hostel med mange hengekøyer og et stort Cowork-området. Ingen egen bar, kjøkken eller restuarant, og veldig stille og lite sosialt i motsetning til andre Selina-hosteller jeg har vært på. Perfekt for de som vil jobbe og/eller slappe av, men ønsker du å møte andre og feste, anbefaler jeg Selina North.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Vale on 16 Jan 2019
Hi Camilla and thanks so much for your review and feedback. We are happy to know you enjoyed our space and hope to see you back again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Nina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ligger bra til, gångavstånd till det mesta. Lugnt ställe och massa bra träningspass.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Val on 6 Jan 2019
Hi Nina and thanks so much for your review! Happy to know you enjoyed your stay with us in Selina Santa Teresa and hope to see you again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Val on 21 Dec 2018
Hi Linda! Thanks so much for your review and happy to know you had a good time while staying with us in Selina Santa Teresa. Hope to see you again soon. Pura Vida!

10/10 Excellent

Miguel, San José

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente ubicación y atención en recepción por parte de Delmar El hotel está nuevo y muy limpio
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Vale on 1 Aug 2018
Hola Miguel! Muchisimas gracias por tu review y nos alegra saber que la pasaste bien y obtuviste un buen servicio. Esperamos verte de nuevo pronto. Pura Vida!

8/10 Good

Amit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
מלון עם אווירה ממש מגניבה. חדרים מעוצבים ממש יפה. תקלה קטנה בשירות לא היה אף אחד בקבלה כאשר רצינו לעשות צ׳ק אוט (בשעה עשר בבוקר) ונאלצנו להשאיר את המפתח לאיש הניקיון כי אם לא היינו מאחרים למעבורת.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Val on 21 Dec 2018
Hi there! Thanks so much for your review & feedback. We are glad to know you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you soon. Pura Vida!